Science Fiction Movies

Yorgos Lanthimos continues his journey as the king of absurdist dark comedies with this latest offering, which delves into conspiracy theories in the most bizarre way.

From the highly anticipated Bruce Springsteen biopic to a horror movie from the viewpoint of the family pup, here are the films filling up cinemas in October.

Newcomer Sydney Chandler joins Australia's own Essie Davis and Timothy Olyphant in a series that picks up before the events of Ridley Scott's 1979 hit Alien.

The latest Marvel offering is another blockbuster but the off-screen chemistry of its cast reveals how they found the family at the movie's heart.

Slanted sees debut Australian director Amy Wang's morbid teenage dream come true, as an aspiring prom queen signs up for radical surgery to change her race.

Director Jake Schreier bring his indie film chops to the MCU and delivers a fresh take on the superhero genre that's able to be a crowd-pleaser and explore darker themes in equal measure.

The brothers behind some of the most successful Avengers movies have taken on the adaptation of a Swedish dystopian graphic novel, spending more than $US300 million in the process.

In Mickey 17, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho takes on a terrifying technological advancement with the aid of a very willing Robert Pattinson. 

Interstella 5555 — Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto's 2003 "animated house musical" — is finally hitting Australian cinemas. But the film's remaster and complex legacy is dividing fans.

Godzilla may have had the odd face lift and seen some major technological advancements over its 70 years, but no-one in showbiz works harder than this apex predator.

For better or worse, Frances Ford Coppola's long-awaited passion project featuring a laundry list of high-profile actors has finally hit cinemas.

In The Wild Robot, Lupita Nyong'o voices a confused robot that finds itself stranded in the wilderness. It's a gorgeous meeting of artful animation, compelling voice acting and a tear-jerker message.

The new animated Transformers movie is a prequel about Optimus Prime's friendship with Megatron, played by Brian Tyree Henry. Can it bring new energy to a well-loved franchise?

An entire generation of millennials read and loved Uglies and the book has finally been adapted into a movie starring Joey King and Laverne Cox. Here's what you need to know.

What happens when Disney takes over the long-running sci-fi franchise? Well, as well as a new director and a new cast, there are still plenty of gross xenomorphs. 

Taking us back to New York City and the origin story of those terrifyingly noise-sensitive monsters, A Quiet Place: Day One manages to have both genuine frights and a lot of heart. 

This era-hopping sci-fi romance starring Léa Seydoux takes inspiration from a Henry James novella and turns it into a head-spinning, two-and-a-half-hour odyssey.

We are happy to report the new Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa, goes beyond being tokenistic Black and gay and that it's very good. But that's not all that's new to streaming this month.

Here's your run-down of the most-hyped films, Australian offerings and potential controversies at the 77th annual Festival de Cannes. 

Shot in Sydney and the wilds of New South Wales, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes imagines a world overrun with simians, 300 years on from its last instalment.